Investigating Ammonium By-product Removal for Ureolytic Bio-cementation Using Meter-scale Experiments.

Investigating Ammonium By-product Removal for Ureolytic Bio-cementation Using Meter-scale Experiments.

Lee, Minyong;Gomez, Michael G;San Pablo, Alexandra C M;Kolbus, Colin M;Graddy, Charles M R;DeJong, Jason T;Nelson, Douglas C;
Scientific reports 2019 Vol. 9 pp. 18313
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Abstract

Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP), or bio-cementation, is a promising bio-mediated technology that can improve the engineering properties of soils through the precipitation of calcium carbonate. Despite significant advances in the technology, concerns regarding the fate of produced NH by-products have remained largely unaddressed. In this study, five 3.7-meter long soil columns each containing one of three different soils were improved using ureolytic bio-cementation, and post-treatment NH by-product removal was investigated during the application of 525 L of a high pH and high ionic strength rinse solution. During rinsing, reductions in aqueous NH were observed in all columns from initial concentrations between ≈100 mM to 500 mM to final values between ≈0.3 mM and 20 mM with higher NH concentrations observed at distances furthest from the injection well. In addition, soil V measurements completed during rinse injections suggested that no significant changes in cementation integrity occurred during NH removal. After rinsing and a 12 hour stop flow period, all column solutions achieved cumulative NH removals exceeding 97.9%. Soil samples collected following rinsing, however, contained significant sorbed NH masses that appeared to have a near linear relationship with surrounding aqueous NH concentrations. While these results suggest that NH can be successfully removed from bio-cemented soils, acceptable limits for NH aqueous concentrations and sorbed NH masses will likely be governed by site-specific requirements and may require further investigation and refinement of the developed techniques.

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